Karen: CHANCES ARE AT SOME POINT TODAY YOU'VE USED GOOGLE TO SEARCH FOR SOMETHING. Devin: WAS THERE A MOMENT TODAY WHEN YOU WEREN'T SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING ON GOOGLE? IMAGINE IF SOMETHING YOU CREATED WAS THERE ON THE HOME PAGE. HOW A TEENAGER NEAR MICHIGAN COULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. Rhonda: FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, GOOGLE HAS HELD THE DOODLE FOR GOOGLE, AND ARTWORK APPEARS ON THE HOME PAGE FOR ONE DAY. TODAY, THE FINALISTS WERE ANNOUNCED AND ONE OF THE FINALIST IS FROM HERE IN METRO DETROIT. THE MICHIGAN WINNER COMES FROM YOUR SCHOOL. Rhonda: TONS OF EXCITEMENT AT ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS TODAY. PLUS, LATER DAKOTA JONES SUBMITTED ARTWORK FOR THE DOODLE FOR GOOGLE CONTESTANT. SHE BEAT OUT MOST OF THE 130,000 OTHER SUBMISSIONS NATIONWIDE TO BE AMONG THE TOP 50 FINALISTS. THEY SELECTED ONE FINALIST FROM EACH STATE IN THE COUNTRY AND THE PUBLIC DECIDES WHO WINS OVERALL. I ENJOY HAVING RECOGNITION FOR THE THINGS I LOVE TO DO. IT'S THE CAMPAIGN WE WANTED SIX YEARS AGO IN THE U.S., HANDING THE PAINTBRUSH OVER TO THE CREATIVE ARTISTS. Rhonda: THE THEME IS MY BEST DAY EVER. AND FOR DAKOTA, THAT WOULD BE A DAY SPENT AS A BEEKEEPER. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KEEP BEES BECAUSE IT'S AN ECCENTRIC HOBBY. I RESEARCH IT ALL THE TIME. I WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I'M IN A PLACE WHEN I CAN GET MY OWN HIVE. I WANTED TO INCORPORATE THE TWO THINGS I CARE MUCH ABOUT. THIS DOODLE BELONGS ON GOOGLE.COM. Rhonda: SHE SAID SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DOODLER. THE VOTES WILL DETERMINE THE FINALIST. IF HERS IS THE OVERALL WINNER, IT WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE GOOGLE HOME PAGE, RECEIVE A $30,000 SCHOLARSHIP AND A $50,000 TECHNOLOGY GRANT FOR HER SCHOOL. TO VOTE FOR HER, GO TO THE COMMUNITY PAGE OF CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND TELL ALL

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -

A Bloomfield Hills student is one of the finalists in the national “Doodle 4 Google” competition.

For the past six years, Google has held the contest for kindergarten through 12th grade students asking them to submit artwork that will appear on the Google homepage for a day.

The finalists were announced Wednesday and one of the winners is Dakota Jones, a senior from Andover High School.

Representatives from Google unveiled Dakota’s artwork in front of all of her classmates.

Dakota beat out most of the 130,000 other submissions nationwide to be among the top 50 finalists. She’s also the only finalist from Michigan.

Judges selected one finalist from each state in the country.

The public decides who will win overall.

Becoming one of the 50 finalists means Dakota will have her doodle displayed in a special exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York from May 22 through July 14th.

The theme for this year's artwork submissions is "My Best Day Ever" -- and for Dakota that would be a day spent as a beekeeper.

Beekeeping is something Dakota has always wanted to do because she is going into Environmental Science. Dakota says she has books and does research all the time. She’s waiting to get her own hive.

Dakota says she's always been a doodler.

“Everyone in my family is artistic. I just grew up with it. It’s a part of me,” Dakota said.

The 50 finalists will be narrowed down to five finalists. If Dakota's art is the overall winner, her artwork will be displayed on the Google homepage, she will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant will go to Andover High School.

The public's online votes from all 50 states determine the five finalists. Only one vote is allowed per computer and voting ends May 10.

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